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Supreme Court vacancy: Culture wars just beginning

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Trump-era culture wars are just beginning.

 

Journalists killed on duty in US, Canada since 1976

The fatal shootings of four journalists and a sales staffer in Annapolis, Maryland, are the latest killings of news-industry workers. While journalists covering international conflicts often face significant risks, it's relatively rare for those working in the U.S. to be…

 

For new Supreme Court justice, a host of big issues awaits

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Anthony Kennedy's successor will have a chance over a likely decades-long career to tackle a host of big issues in the law and have a role in shaping the answers to them.

 

Trump and the Supreme Court: What you need to know

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a shot at remaking the Supreme Court into a conservative bulwark, at a time when America remains deeply divided on such issues as women's rights, immigration and the environment.

 

Afghan officials: Taliban kill police commander in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say an unknown gunman shot and killed a senior special forces commander with Afghanistan's police as he picnicked with his family in the capital.

 

Supreme Court change may limit, not kill, abortion rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is Roe v. Wade really in peril? The worst fears — and highest hopes — excited by the prospect of a new Supreme Court justice may well be overblown.

 

Some questions in Trump-Russia dossier now finding answers

No one has painted a more vivid or lurid portrait of a purported alliance between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia than a quiet, nondescript former British spy named Christopher Steele.

 

Some questions in Trump-Russia dossier now finding answers

No one has painted a more vivid portrait of a purported alliance between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia than a former British spy named Christopher Steele.

 

Family separations push new activists into migrant protests

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Immigrants who have spent years fighting to change the country's immigration system are getting newfound support from liberal activists, moms and first-time protesters motivated by a visceral narrative: President Donald Trump's administration separating children from their…

 

Mexico stuns US in World Cup qualifying, 78-70

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jeff Van Gundy warned the Americans that they were in for a serious challenge.

 

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